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Case 2
A210230
Fig. 16 —Piping Design (Case 2)
• Bends in piping cause pressure loss during transportation of refrigerant, so fewer bends increase performance.
• The equivalent length of each bend is 1.64 feet.
• The equivalent length header is 1.64 feet.
• The pipe length difference between each IDU must not exceed 49 feet.
Table 7 —
Piping Length
Table 8 —Selection of “L1”
*When the length of L1 > 230 feet, the gas pipe should be increased from 5/8” to 3/4” or from 3/4” to 7/8”. The pipe adapter must be
located as close as possible to the ODU.
Table 9 —
Selection of
A~D
Item
Piping in the Figure
Maximum Length
Equivalent Length
Total piping length
L1 + A + B + C + D
492
-
Maximum distance from ODU to farthest IDU
L1 + A, L1 + B, L1 + C, L1 + D
296
328
First branch (Header) to farthest IDU
A, B, C, D
131
-
Height between ODU and IDU (ODU above IDU)
H
164
-
Height between ODU and IDU (ODU below IDU)
H’
131
-
Height between IDU and IDU
h1
49
-
Height between first branch (header) and IDU
h2
49
-
Model
Gas Pipe
Liquid Pipe
38VMB036HDS3-1
5/8 *
3/8
38VMB048HDS3-1
38VMB060HDS3-1
3/4 *
Downstream Indoor Capacity (KBtu/h)
Gas Pipe
Liquid Pipe
Capacity ≤ 15K
1/2
1/4
15K < Capacity ≤ 78K
5/8
3/8